RT Report
T1 Kathmandu Valley Environment Outlook
A1 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Nepal, 
K1 environmental assessment
K1 report on the state of the environment
K1 waste management
K1 air quality
K1 natural disaster
K1 drinking water
PB International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
SN 978-92-9115-019-9
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8031
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8031
NO This publication provides a detailed account of the status of the Kathmandu Valley environment. The report highlights the five key environmental issues of air quality, settlement, drinking water, waste management, and natural disaster preparedness, reviews their status, and recommends measures to prevent or minimise the negative impacts. It provides direct options for management by various levels of government, civil society, the public-private sector and residents. These include improved planning and zoning, land pooling, solid waste management, rainwater harvesting, a variety of infrastructural and technical measures and vastly improved coordination and enforcement. Community mobilisation is critical to achieving these goals. With the potential for catastrophic disaster from earthquakes, many of these measures are not only important for human health, tourism development and the quality of life but also essential to the preservation of life when the inevitable earthquakes occur.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026